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I'm very excited about this one. It doesn't look like much yet but I didn't expect ever to see it again....

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Another one recommended as good outdoors by Paul Christian, and so it is. This has been here since 2008.

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From Paul Christian in 2009 and looking very good this year. Nice happy bee in there too.

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The same ones as at Pool Meadow - I'm pretty sure of the id now - the other candidate is C.gargaricus and...

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I wish i'd kept track of which was which. These are a darker yellow and lower growing but that might be...

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Pictures I've found of these two cultivars are indistinguishable - both have brown feathering on the...

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There are four different sorts of yellow crocuses there. Unfortunately my preference for 'naturalistic'...

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The 'alpines' and bulbs bed. It's not all that sunny because of the large Ceanothus overhanging to the...

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I'm very pleased with this this year - the crocuses have really gone for it. I was afraid the mice had...

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Another variety new to me bought alongside the Blue Note. Pleasant...

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Uploaded on Feb 24, 2012

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Bought from, I think, Paul Christian's last autumn. Very like the normal N.pseudonarcissus to me - the same size but uniform yellow throughout

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Uploaded on Feb 24, 2012

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So it's a bit of an experiment - there's no reason to doubt the cold tolerance of either species, the...

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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The other hardy pitcher plant - a west coast species and according to Mike King (who's nursery this came...

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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People assume that pitcher plants must be tender but several of them are quite frost hardy, coming from...

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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The site - fairly open to the sky but with trees in the vicinity - no good for the real heat-loving...

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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The two plants' roots wrapped in sphagnum ready to be planted

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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